2 charged in task force busts

Two Purdy men have been charged after members of the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team (ODET) served search warrants at homes on Highway C and on 4th Street.

According to an ODET press release, task force members, along with the Barry County SWAT Team, served a warrant at 402 E. Hwy. C in Purdy, where they arrested David Saville, 56, of Purdy, and charged him with distribution of a controlled substance and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia.

A second warrant was served at 404 4th St. in Purdy, where Billie Dotson was arrested and charged with distribution of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

ODET agents allegedly located about 10 gram of suspected methamphetamine.

Charges are also pending on a third suspect not yet in custody.

Saville was released from the Barry County jail on Thursday at 2:16 a.m., after paying a $5,000 bond. He has no court appearance scheduled, but a case review is set for Jan. 6, 2017, at 7:30 a.m. in the courtroom of Judge Robert Foulke.

Dotson also met a $5,000 bond and was released from the Barry County jail on Wednesday. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 13, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Foulke's courtroom.